At Iris Malawi, we have rescued children who have no surviving parents or able guardians to care for them. They come home to live in a family with Malawian House Parents. 97% of fatherless and motherless children do not attend school in Malawi. However, Iris Primary School is making a small dent in that statistic for our children here in Southern Malawi.
We now have 33 Iris Children who have graduated Standard 8 from Iris Primary School and have moved to boarding Secondary Schools around Blantyre, Malawi. Secondary School is an expense that Iris Malawi cannot afford on its own. If you are interested in sponsoring a Secondary Student please email us.
Currently, Malawi is facing a severe shortage of food. People are lining up overnight to receive a 10kg bag of maize at a reduced rate. Many are eating once a day, and children and the elderly are always the most affected. If you would like to help provide food, please designate your donation 'disaster relief in Malawi'.
Several of you know what those words mean, because you cut out the letters to make banners which now hang in our classroom. They read: ‘Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.’ The banners were an idea, which I mentioned to Marie (a friend who is here visiting as I write).
Saturday morning at 10 a.m. we climbed onto the already loaded flat bed truck. Lauren (a friend who has been visiting this month) and I (Jo) were on an adventure, an overnight choir trip up to Mulanje Mountain. The choir was already singing as we piled in, and found a space. This was my first
Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. I (Jo) have been struck by how many are clearly lost, not sure what to do, how to continue, where to turn. Rose has been coming here daily to get a bottle of milk, plus oil, plus sugar (as many calories as I can cram into
They finally arrived! After four months traveling by rail, sea and road, the two 20’ containers arrived safely the other day to Bangula. Long before the containers were expected in Africa I started the process to clear them. I’ve learned that getting clearance is no easy task. After numerous trips back and forth from Blantyre
That is the question that came from Daniel, as we drove towards a very cloudy sky, earlier today. In Africa, the sky is always changing and you can see the weather miles away. You can see the ‘edge’ to the rain. ‘Can you see out of the rain to where there is no rain, if